The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Tuesday: ** AT&T Inc is in active talks to purchase satellite TV provider DirecTV and may complete a deal in the next few weeks that could be worth close to $50 billion, two people familiar with the matter said.** Pfizer Chief Executive Ian Read said on Tuesday he did not believe there would be antitrust problems in taking over British drugmaker AstraZeneca.
AT&T Inc. (AT&T), is a holding company. The Company is a provider of telecommunications services. Shares of T traded higher by 0.36% or $0.13/share to $36.57. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $31.74 and as high as $37.83. On average, 28909400 shares of T exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 23991294.
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